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Text:A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon

XXXIId. A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon

1 While I keep silence and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart,
What torments doth my conscience feel!
What agonies of inward smart!

2 I spread my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults confess;
Thy Gospel speaks a pardoning word,
Thine holy spirit seals the grace.

3 For this shall every humble soul
Make swift addresses to thy seat:
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There shall they find a blest retreat.

4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark and storms appear?
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from every snare.

Text Information
First Line: While I keep silence and conceal
Title: A guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon
Meter: Long Metre
Language: English
Publication Date: 1785
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Notes: Second Part
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